Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

M.1125
Interior of the gallery of the British Artists

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1886/1887
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Accession Number: WA1943.98
Medium: pen, dark brown ink over pencil
Support: cream laid paper laid down
Size: 7 7/8 x 6 1/4" (200 x 158 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Interior of the gallery of the British Artists

Provenance

  • Date unknown: according to the Pennells (1921), it had been owned by George Roland Halkett (1855-1918) at some time before 1921.
  • 1943: bought by the Ashmolean Museum in 1943

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 14th February 2021 by Margaret